Sometimes they will pretend to forget my name and call me, "Chub, mullet, trout, croaker, or fish head," laughing all the while.

Plastics on the drop-shot on a ‘dead-stick’ presentation are also effective, and there are plenty of fish to be caught ...

Well folks, this is the final issue of Scales and Tales for 2025. It has been an interesting year that I see overall as good.

Some fishing spots are good, and some are legendary. Whether you're looking for deep-sea adventures, trophy-sized bass, or ...

AMHERST — As a world record holder and a three time winner of the prestigious Massachusetts Angler of the Year award, Roy Leyva, of Leeds, has a soft spot for striped bass. He remembers a time when ...

Hello folks, this week we're on the freshwaters, geared up with artificial frog crankbaits to catch us some nice smallmouth bass. We're drifting along the waters and casting out smaller frog ...

Striped bass feed aggressively in the surf at night, and fall is the time to catch them on the New Jersey coast. Fishing at night for stripers in the surf requires know-how and research beyond just ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and Marine and Coastal Fisheries, sought to comprehensively pinpoint which ...

The latter days of November can be special times for fishermen on the Santee Cooper lakes. Catfish fishing can be great. And the striped bass are there to stretch your line. But why choose one or the ...

Fall fishing is upon us, said Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers. Black bass are biting jig and pigs along main lake gravel points that have some chunk rock. Shallow rock piles have also ...

One of the things that make striped bass such popular targets along the coast from New England to the Mid-Atlantic is their diversity. You can find them picking off crabs and shrimp along back bay sod ...